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D. D. NOLLEY. BACK BAND HOOK.

Patented Sept; 10, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID DQNOLLEY, OF WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF TIVO- THIRDS TOGEORGE D. GREEN & OO., OF SAME PLACE.

BACK-BAND HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,806, datedSeptember 10, 1889.

Application filed March 26, 1889. Serial No. 304,839. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID D. N OLLEY, of Wilson, in the county of\Vilson and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Back Band Hooks or Fasteners, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to devices for securing the back-bands ofplow-harness and similar gear; and the objects of my invention are toproduce a simple form of hook or fastener which may be easily applied,adjusted, and removed, which also will not cut the backband, and whichwill serve to connect the trace-chains to the back-band, and,furthermore, serve to keep the reins or lines in proper position.

To the above purposes my invention consists in certain peculiar andnovel features of construction and arrangement, as hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceedto'desoribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in whichsimilar letters of reference designate like parts, and in which, alsoFigure 1 is a side view of a back-band with my improved hook or fastenerapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of thehook or fastenerdetached from the back-band; and Fig. 3 is a similar view of Fig. 2,illustrating a modified form of hook or fastener.

My improved back-band hook or fastener is formed of stout wire of anymetal possessing sufiicient rigidity to resist the strains to which thisclass of devices is subjected.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the frame A of the device is approximatelyT-for1ned, there being a ring or hook on at the upper part of the frame,two oppositely-extending skeleton arms a at about the middle of saidframe, and two hooks a forming the lower end of the frame. The hooks amay either lie side by side, as shown in Fig. 2, or they may be crossedover upon each other, as shown in Fig. 3.

In addition to the frame or body portion of the device I employ a keeperB, which is also of stout wire similar to the frame A. The ends of thiskeeper are bent over upon the main portion of the keeper, as shown atI), for a purpose to be presently explained.

The manner of using the abovedescribed device is as follows: The ends ofthe backband O are doubled over the keeper B, and the ends I) of thelatter are caused to embrace the edges of the band. The band is nowpassed into the skeleton arms a and drawn through the same till thekeeper strikes their outer sides. The hook or fastener will thus be heldsecurely to the band, and may be readily adjusted or removed by simplydrawing the keeper away from the frame A. The lines are passed throughthe loops a, and the traces are connected to the band by simply pushingone of the trace-links into engagement with the hooks a Thus it will beseen that I have produced a simple and durable form of back-band hook orfastener which may be easily applied and removed and readily adjusted,and also one which will not cut the back-band and which properlyconnects the lines and traces.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An improved back-band fastener formed of a single piece of wire bentto form the reinguide a,the laterally-extending skeleton arms at belowthe guide, and the hooks a depending from the skeleton arms a,substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the fastener provided with the rein-guide a,the lateral-extending skeleton arms at below the guide, and the hooks adepending from the skeleton arms, of the keeper B, having its ends I)bent over to adapt them to embrace the backband, substantially as hereinshown and (13-.

scribed.

' DAVID D. NOLLEY. Witnesses:

J ACK GULIoK, LAT. WILLIAMS.

